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  • Saturday, November 7, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Food for Celebration: Vegetable Focused Share-Fare with Alana Chernila

    Want to go beyond pigs in a blanket and cocktail shrimp? Join cookbook author and Guido’s Marketing Manager Alana Chernila for a hands-on class to bring vegetables to the party. We’ll start with chickpea salad in endive boats, move on to broccoli raab and cheddar party toasts and finish with sweet potato latkes with roasted applesauce. All Berkshire Botanical Garden cooking classes are sponsored by Guido’s Fresh Marketplace. 

    Alana Chernila is the author of three cookbooks, The Homemade Pantry, The Homemade Kitchen, and Eating From the Ground Up: Recipes for Simple, Perfect Vegetables. She also writes, cooks, teaches cooking and cheese making and blogs at EatingFromTheGroundUp.com. Alana is the marketing and special events manager for Guido’s Fresh Marketplace in Great Barrington and Pittsfield.

    Masks required. BBG members $40, nonmembers $55. Register at https://www.berkshirebotanical.org/events/food-celebration-vegetable-focused-share-fare-alana-chernila

  • Tuesday, November 1, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Milk Street Vegetables

    Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Cooking School is part classroom, part playground and all kitchen. Join them for classes that will transform your home cooking. The school offers:

    – Hands-on learning with expert teachers and peers
    – Transformative flavor combinations, techniques and ingredient combinations
    – Practical, relevant skills
    – Encouragement to take risks and make mistakes (It’s the only way we learn!)

    Vegetables are not “side dishes” anymore. Travel the world to discover big flavors from vegetables including hot oil-flashed chard with ginger, scallions and chili; Thai-style coleslaw with mint and cilantro; French grated carrot salad and charred Brussels sprouts.

    This is a three-hour hands-on cooking class led by Milk Street Cooking School educators on Tuesday, November 1 from 6 – 9. Please note: some of the recipes in the class use fish sauce or anchovies. If you are a vegetarian, please let them know. $100 fee. To register online, and for more information on transportation, parking, and what to wear, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/milk-street-vegetables-tickets-27125622467?aff=erelpanelorg

    All classes take place in their downtown Boston kitchen at 177 Milk Street. Except for occasional child-parent workshops and classes for teens, the classes are for students 18 and older.

  • Monday, July 6, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Celebrating Summer Vegetables

    With summer’s bounty of fresh flavors just around the corner, it’s easy to create delicious vegetable dishes to please even the pickiest eaters. In this hands-on Sur la Table class with instructor Ericka Armey to be held Monday, July 6 from 6:30 – 8:30 at the Copley Place store, you’ll learn a variety of techniques for preparing vegetables, including roasting, grilling, and even making savory pancakes. Our instructor will walk you through the steps of cooking with ancient grains and preparing your own homemade vinaigrette. We’ll explore flavor profiles and show you how to make the most of seasonal produce. Join us and discover how easy it can be to make sure everyone eats their veggies. $69 per person, and you’ll receive a 10% discount to use on day of class. Call 800-243-0852 to register, or visit online at http://www.surlatable.com/sku/2199529/Celebrating+Summer+Vegetables.